An IPython Notebook that shows how to decode .set files from Becker & Hickl boards.

nsALEX - BH parameters from .set files

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      "##Extract parameters:"
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      "file_name = \"try6_100uw_green_100uw_red_30pm.set\""
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      "dir_ = r\"C:\\Data\\Eitan/\"\n",
      "fname = dir_+file_name\n",
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      "## Make a dictionary of system parameters\n",
      "start = False\n",
      "sys_para  = {}\n",
      "for line in f.readlines():\n",
      "    line = line.strip()\n",
      "    if line == 'SYS_PARA_BEGIN:':\n",
      "        start = True\n",
      "        continue\n",
      "    if line == 'SYS_PARA_END:':\n",
      "        break\n",
      "    if start and line.startswith('#'):\n",
      "        fields = line[5:-1].split(',')\n",
      "        \n",
      "        if fields[1] == 'B':\n",
      "            value = bool(fields[2])\n",
      "        elif fields[1] in ['I', 'U', 'L']:\n",
      "            value = int(fields[2])\n",
      "        elif fields[1] == 'F':\n",
      "            value = float(fields[2])\n",
      "        elif fields[1] == 'S':\n",
      "            value = fields[2]\n",
      "        else:\n",
      "            value = fields[1:]\n",
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      "        sys_para[fields[0]] = value"
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      "def deco(s):\n",
      "    s = s.replace('SP_', '')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_ZC', ' ZC Thresh.')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_LL', ' Limit Low')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_LH', ' Limit High')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_FD', ' Freq. Div.')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_OF', ' Offset')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_HF', ' Holdoff')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_G', ' Gain')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_R', ' Range')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_TC', ' Time/Chan')\n",
      "    s = s.replace('_TD', ' Time/Div')\n",
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      "print fname\n",
      "for k, v in sys_para.iteritems():\n",
      "    if 'TAC' in k: print '%s\\t %f' % (deco(k), v)\n",
      "print\n",
      "for k, v in sys_para.iteritems():\n",
      "    if 'CFD' in k: print '%s\\t %f' % (deco(k), v)\n",
      "print\n",
      "for k, v in sys_para.iteritems():\n",
      "    if 'SYN' in k: print '%s\\t %f' % (deco(k), v)"
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        "C:\\Data\\Eitan/try6_100uw_green_100uw_red_30pm.set\n",
        "TAC Gain\t 1.000000\n",
        "TAC Range\t 0.000000\n",
        "TAC Limit High\t 90.588234\n",
        "TAC Limit Low\t 15.294118\n",
        "TAC_EH\t 10.000000\n",
        "TAC Time/Chan\t 0.000000\n",
        "TAC Time/Div\t 0.000000\n",
        "TAC Offset\t 0.000000\n",
        "\n",
        "CFD Limit Low\t -200.000000\n",
        "CFD Limit High\t 5.019608\n",
        "CFD Holdoff\t 5.000000\n",
        "CFD ZC Thresh.\t 0.000000\n",
        "\n",
        "SYN ZC Thresh.\t 0.000000\n",
        "SYN Holdoff\t 4.000000\n",
        "SYN Freq. Div.\t 2.000000\n",
        "SYN Threshold\t -500.000000\n"
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